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As I said in a previous post, Sony Ericsson has just released two new multimedia cell phones, which were baptized Aino and Yari. I’ve already told you about the Aino, and now it’s time for the Yari to show off as much as it can. Or, ok, as much as I’m willing to.

The device is quite similar to the other one, when it comes to its features, even if it has some particularities of its own. But what’s the most important thing of them all is that the Sony Ericsson Yari is that it was designed to bring its users the ultimate gaming experience, giving them the possibility to choose from a wide variety of games, such tennis or boxing. There are lots of gesture games, but also lots of pre loaded motion games and standard ones.

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“Yari is the industry’s first mobile phone with gesture gaming outside of the Japanese market”, explained Catherine Cherry, the Market Business Manager at Sony Ericsson. In addition, she said that: “It’s time to move like you’ve never moved on a mobile phone before! With Gesture gaming you move your body to play instead of pressing buttons on the phone, giving you a fun experience that even helps you keep fit. If you’ve exhausted yourself with the games there are loads of other multimedia features to enjoy. Snap your friends with the five megapixel camera or chill out to your favorite tunes with the state-of-the-art music player.”



As for the features, here we go with the list: GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and UMTS/HSDPA 900/2100 MHz networks, a 5 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom, autofocus, face detection, smile detection, video recording capabilities and geotagging, music player, stereo Bluetooth A2DP, shake control and TrackID, Instant Messaging, Exchange ActiveSync, assisted GPS, DNLA, USB, 1GB microSD card included in the box, a 2.4 inches TFT display with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels.

The battery is able to provide up to 10 hours and 4.5 hours of talk time on GSM/GPRS, respectively UMTS, and no more than 450 hours on both GSM/GPRS and UMTS.

Similar to the other device, Sony Ericsson Yari will start selling in the fourth quarter of this year, in two different colors: Achromatic Black and Cranberry White.

(Source: UnwiredView)

Sony Ericsson has just launched two new devices in the market, both of them being multimedia cell phones equipped with advanced cameras, even if they’re not part of the Cyber-shot range of products. The two phones are called Aino and Yaro, but this time we’ll be talking about the first one, leaving Yaro for another occasion.

So, let’s see if there is something about this phone that is special enough in order to take it into consideration.

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First of all, there are two Sony Ericsson services, which are both brand new, called Remote Play, which gives the user the chance to “control your Playstation and access its media content on your Aino anywhere”, being designed for the PSP, at first, and the Media Home, which is an application that is based on the Media Go, from where it takes the media content in order to show it to the user.



The features of the Sony Ericsson Aino include: GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz networks and UMTS/HSPA 850/1900/2100 MHz, an 8.1 megapixel camera with 16x digital zoom, autofocus, touch focus, face detection, image and video stabilizer, video recording capabilities and geotagging, a 3 inch TFT touchscreen display with a resolution of 240 x 432 pixels, Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth, assisted GPS, DLNA, motion gaming and an 8GB microSDHC card included.



The phone measures 104 x 50 x 15.5 millimeters and weighs no more than 134 grams. The battery of the Sony Ericsson Aino provides up to 13 hours of talk time and up to 380 hours of stand-by time (on GSM), approximately 4.5 hours of talk time and 367 hours of stand-by time (on UMTS), up to 1 hour and 40 minutes of video talk time and 31 hours of music playback time.

This new Sony Ericsson slider is expected to become available in two color versions, Obsidian Black and Luminous White, starting the last quarter of this year.

(Source: UnwiredView)

It’s been a long time since we last heard about the so-called Sony Ericsson GreenHeart, a device that was considered by everyone the attempt of the company to join the team of those who showed interest in solving the problems involved by the eco-friendly spirit. It was just a concept back then, or at least this is how the phone was presented, and we were told to be temperate and not to put our hopes too up.

Sony Ericsson made the announcement of a syntagm that was called “environmental warranty” in September 2008, when they promised to become more responsible and involved when it comes to recycling the phones that “are handed in at designated Sony Ericsson collection points”. In addition, they came up with the GreenHeart, the eco-friendly device I mentioned earlier.

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For those who were afraid of never having the chance to see that prototype becoming reality, you should all know that Sony Ericsson has put it very clear: the technology and the innovations that were brought within the GreenHeart were not forgotten or neglected and they’ll see the light of the day in the near future, “stuffed” in other green products. Is it that a green cell phone is on its way, after all?

We are being told that “the first commercial handsets to have benefited from that process” will be announced sometime soon. More than that, it seems that there will be an interactive video webcast tomorrow (June 4th), at 13:00 UK time.

(Source: PhoneArena)

Those who are always informed on each and every apparition in the mobile phone world must already know about the Sony Ericsson Idou, for example, but would probably have a huge question mark dancing in front of their eyes when hearing about the Sony Ericsson Satio.

But allow me to make things a little bit clearer than they already are. You must remember the Sony Ericsson Idou, a camera phone considered to be the flagship of the company that appeared in the spotlight at the beginning of this year, in February. Well, it seems that, after being released in Barcelona under the name of “Idou”, the phone is going to hit the market as Satio, after all.

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The Satio comes with the following features: GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and UMTS/HSDPA 850/900/2100 MHz networks, a 3.5 inch TFT touchscreen display with a resolution of 360 x 640 pixels, a 12.1 megapixel camera with autofocus, Xenon flash, up to 12x digital zoom, image stabilizer, face and smile detection, geo-tagging, media player with PlayNow and TrackID, Bluetooth stereo A2DP, an on-screen QWERTY keyboard, email, Exchange ActiveSync and handwriting recognition, Wi-Fi, USB, assisted GPS, Google Maps, a microSD card slot and an 8GB card which is included.



“With Satio you can enjoy any form of entertainment anytime, anywhere. Whether its music or movies you will never be more than a tap away from your favorite tracks or shows”, said Fredrik Mansson, Market Business Manager at Sony Ericsson. “Just tap directly into your favorite videos and music with the unique full touch media menu, standby panels and music player. Snapping perfect pictures also just got so simple thanks to the 12.1 megapixel camera, intuitive touch focus and Xenon flash. Share them with your nearest and dearest via your social networking site, produce huge prints and you can even comment directly on your images”.



The phone measures no more than 112 x 55 x 13.3 millimeters and weighs 126 grams. As for the availability, you should know that the Satio will come in three color versions: black, bordeaux and silver, and sometime in the last quarter of this year (most probably in October), under a price that we don’t know yet.



(Source: UnwiredView)

I’m aware of the fact that Sony Ericsson C510 Cyber-shot is not the latest Sony Ericsson that can be found right now on the market, but it doesn’t mean people shouldn’t be excited about the availability of the handset in different countries from all over the world. Not to mention that the C510 is still a new device, of 2009, as it was announced at the beginning of this year, sometimes in January.

It seems that the North American version of the phone in discussion, which is called Sony Ericsson C510a, has made its appearance on the official website of Sony Ericsson Canada, which makes the rumor to be quite… official, if I may say so.

Due to the fact that the C510 is a GSM/HSDPA device, we are entitled to believe that it’s going to become available via Rogers, which is the only GSM Canadian operator.

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If you forgot the list of features, allow me to refresh your memory: a 2.2 inches TFT display with 262k colors and a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, which is also resistant to scratches, a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, face detection (which isn’t a novelty when it comes to Sony Ericsson Cyber-shots), geotagging and a LED flash, Bluetooth 2.0, Access NetFront browser, email, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, Google Maps, auto-rotation, a media player and FM radio with RDS, illuminated imaging shortcuts, an internal memory of 100MB (a little bit disappointing) and a memory stick Micro M2 card slot for expandable memory of no more than 8GB.

The phone measures 107 x 47 x 12.5 millimeters and weighs approximately 92 grams. Unfortunately, the release date is still unknown for the moment, and the price too, but taking into consideration the fact that the C510 is being sold in Europe for approximately €200 (meaning $272), it shouldn’t be an expensive handset when released in Canada.

(Source: unwiredview.com)